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Popular culture

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Common people who weren’t educated as much
slow to catch up with the elite
spoke the local language

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Elite culture

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Minority of people with high skill
constantly make new rules to keep others out
the wealthy
more educated
etiquette
spoke Latin
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First countries to profit from age of oceanic communication

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Portuguese and Spanish

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Three nations that triumphed as a result of the decline of those two nations

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British, French, Dutch

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Increase in wealth in western Europe was brought by…

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Commercial capitalism and domestic system

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Two most populated cities in Europe

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London and Paris

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Main factor that lead to international war

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Foreign trade and economic competition

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Necessary for European merchants to succeed

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Government support financially and in protection

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How did British slow the competition of Indian cotton goods

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Embargoes and tariffs

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European-American trade became based on…

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Plantations

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The richest French sugar colony

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Santo Domingo (Haiti)

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Base of the rise of British capitalism

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African American slaves

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Which two groups competed against each other but eventually tended to merge

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Bourgeoisie and aristocracy

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In France, who won back some of the power Louis the 14th deprived them of

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Nobles

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What three groups in Great Britain were counterrevolutionary

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Tories, scots, non-jurors (Anglican Church clergy)

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Supporters of James II

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Jacobites

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Nickname of James II

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The pretender

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Two Jacobite rebellions

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The forty five

The fifteen

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Bubble

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Wild investment in a particular aspect of the economy

Eventually “bursts”

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How did Britain deal with debt

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More modern, eventually pay back the debt with banking

initiated Prime Minister

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How did France deal with debt

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Medieval
pretending the debt didn’t exist (repudiate)
hurt their ability to get later well

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How did Great Britain enable its economic strength to grow

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They freed their people with no absolute monarchy
Gave incentive for what they did
educated them

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Leadership policies of fleury and Walpole

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Avoid war

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Conflict between Great Britain and Spain in 1739

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War of jenkin’s ear

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Austrian succession causes

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Frederick the great invaded Silicia (austra)

pragmatic sanction disregarded

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Austrian succession nations involved

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Austria Hungary Bohemia Great Britain
Vs
Prussia Bavaria Spain France

Prussia v austra, Britain v France

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Results of Austrian succession

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Prussia beat Austria
Great Britain beat France
Prussians keep selesia
Austrians keep Belgium
Maria Theresa's husband elected HRE
diplomatic revolution
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Diplomatic revolution

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Austria France and Russia form alliance
Great Britain and Prussia form alliance
Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis XVI

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Seven years war causes

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To partition Prussia between Russia Austria and France
Continuation of Austrian succession
Great Britain against France in America for North America and Asia

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Seven years War nations involved

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Great Britain and Prussia against France, Austria, and Russia

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Results of seven years War

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Prussia beat Austria, Britain beat France
Peace of hubertusburg: Prussia kept Silesia
Peace of settlement: French gave territory on North America to England
France gave territory to Spain
Prussia remained a major power and France kept santo Domingo